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A social media researcher explains how to analyze your news feed in terms of content, circulation and consumption.
Library scientists offer tips and tricks to figure out if a particular online news article is reliable or fake.
Researchers identified a connection between low levels of media literacy and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in people who consume their news via social media.
Only 2% of children have the skills needed to identify a credible news story.
The effective teaching of news literacy needs to go beyond simple fact-checking, a journalism professor argues.
It’s not always easy to tell when someone’s out to fool you on the internet, but there are some simple tools you can use.
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University
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Creative Director - School of Arts and Media, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Journalism, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University
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Librarian and Associate Professor, Boise State University
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Professor of Communication, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Communication, Colorado State University
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Librarian and Associate Professor, Boise State University
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Doctoral Student and Provost's Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Communication Technology, University of Connecticut
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